Editing Martinez, California (section)

== Transportation ==
[[File:Martinez AMTRAK sta.jpg|thumb|[[Martinez (Amtrak station)|Martinez station]], served by [[Amtrak]]]]
[[File:AlhambraTrestle.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Muir Trestle|Alhambra Trestle]], commonly known as the Muir Trestle, carries the [[Stockton Subdivision]] of [[BNSF Railway|BNSF]].]]
[[WestCAT]] provides service to the [[El Cerrito del Norte BART station]]. The [[County Connection]] is the primary local bus operator providing service throughout the area.  Among its destinations are the [[Concord BART station|Concord]], [[Pleasant Hill BART station|Pleasant Hill]], and [[Walnut Creek BART station|Walnut Creek]] BART stations.  The County Connection also provides [[paratransit]] service. [[Tri Delta Transit]] runs express service between Martinez and eastern Contra Costa County.

[[California State Route 4|State Route 4]] runs through Martinez westward to [[Hercules, California|Hercules]] and eastward through [[Stockton, California|Stockton]] and the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] to near the border of [[Nevada]]. [[Interstate 680 (California)|Interstate 680]] runs northward across the [[Benicia–Martinez Bridge]] toward Sacramento via [[Interstate 80 in California|Interstate 80]] and southward toward [[San Jose, California|San Jose]].

=== Rail ===
* [[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, runs its ''[[California Zephyr]]'' daily in each direction through Martinez on its route between [[Emeryville, California|Emeryville]] (across the bay from San Francisco) and [[Union Station (Chicago)|Chicago]], also passing through [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]], [[Salt Lake City]], [[Denver]], and [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]].
* Amtrak's ''[[Coast Starlight]]'' operates daily in each direction through Martinez between [[Seattle]] and [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Los Angeles]].
* [[Amtrak California]] operates its ''[[Capitol Corridor]]'' trains through [[Martinez station]], providing service several times daily between [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] to the west and [[Auburn, California|Auburn]] to the east (via Sacramento).
* Amtrak California also runs its ''[[San Joaquin (train)|San Joaquin]]'' trains through Martinez, providing service several times daily between [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] to the west and [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]] at the south end of the [[San Joaquin Valley]].  Bus connections branch off both the ''San Joaquin'' and the ''Capitol Corridor'', providing service as far as [[San Diego]]; [[Las Vegas]] and [[Sparks, Nevada|Sparks]], Nevada; and [[Medford, Oregon]].  One connection originates in Martinez and runs as far north as the [[Eureka, California|Eureka]] area.
* [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|BART]] makes a stop called [[North Concord/Martinez station]], although this station lies miles east of the Martinez city limits. The city was overlooked{{weasel inline|date=September 2019}} when the system was extended from Concord to [[Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station|Bay Point]]. However, BART's long-term plans include a new line extension running from [[Fremont, California|Fremont]] and through the [[Interstate 680 (California)|I-680]] corridor and ending in Martinez.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
* The {{convert|1600|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}}, {{convert|75|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} steel [[Muir Trestle]] (aka Alhambra Trestle) carries the freight operations of the [[BNSF Railway]] through Martinez parallel to [[California State Route 4]] (John Muir Parkway).